Aeon Timeline: A Review

The authors, specifically Mary Robinette Kowal, at Writing Excuses mentioned Aeon Timeline as useful for creating and tracking story plot points. I’ve been looking for something like this for years.

The only feature that Scrivener lacks is timeline functionality. Don’t misunderstand me, Scrivener is a game-changer for writers. For what it does (and it does a lot), it’s top shelf. But, I still needed to create timelines.

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Mars in 39 Days

In my novel, Shifting Mars’ Sands, set 200+ years in the future, I rely on the ability of people traveling from Earth to Mars in 30-40 days, depending on Earth’s relative position to Mars. I didn’t want it to be too long, so no one would want to do it, but not too short, so anyone could take a long weekend trip, either.

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